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Nobel winner Mo urges Liu Xiaobo’s freedom

kiemtarOct 13, 20120

China’s newly-named Nobel laureate for literature, Mr Mo Yan, expressed hope yesterday that an imprisoned Chinese winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be freed,

European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize

kiemtarOct 13, 20120

The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for promoting peace, democracy and human rights over six decades in an award seen as a

Fact-checking the vice presidential debate

kiemtarOct 12, 20120

In the one-and-only vice presidential debate of the general election campaign, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Rep. Paul Ryan went head-to-head over issues

Malala Yousafzai: Shot Pakistan girl moves hospitals

brunoOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

A 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen has been transferred to a new military hospital with better facilities. Malala Yousafzai, in

Four factors pushing Turkey and Syria to war

kiemtarOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

Neither Turkey nor Syria want a war, but both sides don’t want to appear to back down and there are four factors pushing them towards a

Turkey intercepts Syrian plane; it leaves after arms inspection

kiemtarOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

Turkey scrambled fighter planes to force a Syrian passenger jet to land and seized what it suspected was military equipment being ferried from Russia to

Nigeria says won’t appeal award of oil-rich Bakassi to Cameroon

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s attorney general said on Tuesday the country would not appeal an international ruling that handed the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to its

About one third of South African truckers end strike

brunoOct 9, 20120

By Agnieszka Flak and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – About a third of striking South African truckers have agreed to return to work on Wednesday,

Egypt eyes IMF deal in weeks to shore up economy

brunoOct 9, 2012January 14, 20240

By Tamim Elyan and Tom Pfeiffer CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt hopes to agree a $4.8 billion IMF loan within two weeks of talks set for

Syria clashes intensify near Turkey border

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

(Reuters) – NATO said on Tuesday it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary against any further spillover of violence from Syria’s border